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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Pterostichitae » Oodini » Stenocrepis » Stenocrepis mexicana
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Stenocrepis mexicana - male
Copyright © 2007 Brad Barnd

Stenocrepis mexicana - Male
Whitley County, Kentucky, USA
June 20, 2005
Size: 10.5 mm
Stenocrepis mexicana (=quatuordecimstriata). Note the black legs.

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 3 December, 2007 - 10:22pm
Last updated 7 April, 2011 - 5:30pm

Stenocrepis mexicana
replaces junior synonym Stenocrepis quatuordecimstriata according to revision of tribe Oodini by Y. Bousquet in The Canadian Entomologist 128: 443-537, 1996. Body length "10.5 mm" does better fit S. mexicana compared to the 8.5-10 mm range cited for externally similar S. duodecimstriata, also in KY area. Brad, I want to look at this image more closely so I can feel comfortable with "S. mexicana" --but after I return to my carabid lab in a few days. I look forward to studying your other excellent & instructive images --some again are completely new to the internet!
… Peter W. Messer, 3 December, 2007 - 11:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks for the heads up on the nomenclatural change. I'll have to look at that revision. Nice that it gets a shorter specific name.
… Brad Barnd, 3 December, 2007 - 11:22pm login or register to post comments

 
S. mexicana
The shape of the mentum tooth matches S. mexicana.

Off topic, but have you seen Opho*nus punct*iceps in Wisconsin yet?
… Brad Barnd, 4 December, 2007 - 10:56am login or register to post comments

 
Ophonus puncticeps
formerly "Harpalus puncticeps", is an introduced species that has successfully spread from east coast and only recently was first reported here in WI. Even a decade ago I spotted many individuals in my suburban backyard field feeding inside seed cups of Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) during late summers.
… Peter W. Messer, 4 December, 2007 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

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